Best Treatment of FSGS

What is the best treatment for FSGS? Firstly, let’s have a general understanding about what is FSGS. Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a cause of nephrotic syndrome in children and adolescents, as well as an important cause of kidney failure in adults. It is also known as "focal glomerular sclerosis" or "focal nodular glomerulosclerosis." It accounts for about a sixth of the cases of nephrotic syndrome.
With the development of FSGS, symptoms of nephrotic syndrome appear such as a large amount of proteinuria, edema, low protein in plasma and high fat in blood. Considering the side effects of hormones and immunosuppressive agent applied in the world, immunotherapy in our hospital is created, which can be the priority for patients with FSGS and the reasons are as follows:
Firstly, most kidney diseases are caused by immune disorder, and the same goes for the FSGS. Immunotherapy in our Hospital can be divided into 6 steps: immune diagnosis, immune clearance, immune inhibition, immune tolerance, immune adjustment and immune protection. Immune diagnosis can help FSGS patients find out where and the amount of immune complex, which can supply valuable evidence for the treatment plan of the doctors.
Secondly, immune clearance can help clear away the immune complex which deposits onto the kidney, thus stopping the excessive immune reaction and stopping the damage to the kidney for patients with FSGS.
Thirdly, in immune adjustment and immune protection stage, medicines are applied such as traditional Chinese herbal remedy.
Firstly, traditional Chinese herbal remedy can extend all levels of arteries, improve the micro-blood circulation, increase the effective perfusion in the kidney, relieve the insufficiency of blood and oxygen, increase the metabolism in partial area, which can also accelerate the repair of renal intrinsic cells such as renal arterial endothelial cells, thus relieving high blood pressure. Secondly, traditional Chinese herbal remedy can also inhibit the release of inflammatory mediators and inactivate the materials which can lead to damage to the kidney, thus reducing the further damage to the renal intrinsic cells, stopping the development of renal fibrosis and treating high blood pressure fundamentally.